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Idiocracy
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Format | Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
| Contributor | Dax Shepard, Maya Rudolph, Luke Wilson, Kevin McAfee, Terry Crews, Mike Judge, Etan Cohen, Michael McCafferty, David Herman, Anthony 'Citric' Campos, Justin Long, Robert Musgrave, Christopher Ryan, Sonny Castillo See more |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 24 minutes |
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Meet Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson). He's not the sharpest tool in the shed. But when a government hibernation experiment goes awry, Bowers awakens in the year 2505 to find a society so dumbed down by mass commercialism and mindless TV programming that he's become the smartest guy on the planet. Now it's up to an average Joe to get human evolution back on track.
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Given that Office Space is a bona fide cult classic, it comes as some surprise that Mike Judge's follow-up wasn't more heavily promoted. Granted, this live-action comedy is a darker, more pointed proposition, but it's unfortunate that few theater patrons got the opportunity to, well, judge for themselves. In Idiocracy, the King of the Hill creator visualizes what would happen if Devo's proposition--that mankind is in the process of devolution--came to pass. The catalyst: the overeducated start having fewer children while the undereducated have more. Enter Joe (Luke Wilson), a military librarian with no family and even less ambition. The Pentagon chooses him for a top-secret hibernation project due to his extreme "average-ness." They select Rita (SNL's Maya Rudolph), a prostitute, for the same reason. When the experiment goes haywire, the two emerge 500 years later--rather than one. Now it's 2505 and they're the brightest people in the over-polluted land. Everyone else is, basically, Beavis and Butt-head. Yes, the satire couldn't be less subtle, but the premise gives Judge license to make as much fun of junk food pop culture as dystopian classics like 1984 and Planet of the Apes. Wilson wisely plays it straight, even if the actors who surround him sometimes succumb to excess. And the effects may be cheesy, but that just adds to the fun. Idiocracy features former footballer Terry Crews (Everybody Hates Chris) as President Camacho and Dax Shepard (Punk'd) as Joe's futuristic friend Frito. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.57 x 5.39 x 7.49 inches; 2.4 Ounces
- Item model number : 2240179
- Director : Mike Judge
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 24 minutes
- Release date : January 9, 2007
- Actors : Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, Anthony 'Citric' Campos
- Dubbed: : English, Spanish
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified, Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.1)
- Studio : Buena Vista Home Ent
- ASIN : B000K7VHOG
- Writers : Etan Cohen, Mike Judge
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #769 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #94 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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My favorite part today is how everyone in the dystopian uneducated future is wearing these ridiculous plastic shoes. Those shoes are now knows as crocs. That’s right, we’re all wearing idiot shoes.
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For me its a good representation of what is already happening in society today, not 500 years in the future..just look what is going on out there with thick stupid people everywhere obssessd with trashy tv and reality shows so watching this laugh out loud film really brings it home...if we are going down this path now God knows what society will be like in 500 years time..glad i will not be around to see it...unless i get cryogenically frozen first! Ha!
Got it on dvd, rather than pay subscription.
Excellent comedy with a rather poignant theme. The dumbing down in society and the gradual loss of intelligence, reason, logic, skill ,education and respect.
Two average Americans get put into suspended animation for a year as an experiment , unfortunately they are forgotten about and wake up many hundreds of years later. Gags and puns aplenty.
"Idiocracy" ist eine US - amerikanische Low Budget Komödie aus dem Jahre 2006, die über weite Strecken zu gefallen weiss und aktueller denn je zu sein scheint. Der Film zeigt nur zu gut auf, was jahrzehntelanges Trash TV und mediale Verblödungspropaganda mit den Menschen anstellen.
Der Humor ist an einigen Stellen wirklich königlich, bei manch anderen Szenen bleibt einem das Lachen fast im Halse stecken, wenn man erkennt, wie dicht wir uns hier an der Realität des Jahres 2021 befinden.
Halbwegs intelligente Menschen sollten "Idiocracy" auf jeden Fall mal gesehen haben, Corona Jünger, hüpfende Klima Kids und Schweiger, Schweighöfer und M'Barek Fans werden diesen Film allerdings weder lustig finden noch im Ansatz kapieren.











